The dreadful shooting incident that happened yesterday at Siam paragon shopping mall, located in the center of Bangkok, Thailand, has sent a signal of risks threatening Thailand’s governmental stability, tourism, and economy.

 

The shooting resulted in two foreigners killed, one Chinese, one Burmese, and five people were injured.

 

Local shoppers and foreigners are still in fright and they have been expressing their concerns over the country’s law of gun ownership and safety protection in general.

 

On social media, people urged the government to invest in developing the SMS emergency alert technology for Thai citizens and tourists and strengthening control about gun ownership laws and legal punishments for criminals under the age of eighteen years old.

 

by Kanlayakorn Pengrattana

 

Full story: ScandAsia 2023-10-04

 

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Tragic and senseless. Sincere condolences to the families of the victims. RIP.

Edited October 4, 20232 yr by Dogmatix

It is terrible and world wide news.

 

What are the reprocussions for the malls business?  Don't certain cultures avoid going to places where people have been killed? Ghosts, etc.

29 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

It is terrible and world wide news.

 

What are the reprocussions for the malls business?  Don't certain cultures avoid going to places where people have been killed? Ghosts, etc.

It won't have any long term effect on the shopping mall. Perhaps the number of customers will drop off slightly for a few days but if so it'll soon bounce back. There was the shooting in Terminal 21 Korat a couple of years ago, it didn't make any diff, the place is always packed.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Local shoppers and foreigners are still in fright and they have been expressing their concerns over the country’s law of gun ownership and safety protection in general.

That's  kinda what happens when you've had a bogus, fake national government for years of appointed military stooges, and a national police force that's more of a self-enriching business venture than a law enforcement agency.

 

Edited October 4, 20232 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

Local shoppers and foreigners are still in fright and they have been expressing their concerns over the country’s law of gun ownership and safety protection in general.

 

It was not a real gun. It was a blank firing starting pistol freely available on Lazarda and Shopee for 5,000-7,000 baht, modified to fire real bullets. 

 

Edited October 4, 20232 yr by Dogmatix

1 shooting makes international news ... and now it's an issue that needs discussing.

 

Good thing the other 2800 homicides by firearms didn't make the news ????

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

7 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

Local shoppers and foreigners are still in fright and they have been expressing their concerns over the country’s law of gun ownership and safety protection in general.

 

It was not a real gun. It was a blank firing starting pistol freely available on Lazarda and Shopee for 5,000-7,000 baht, modified to fire real bullets. 

 

Thats not a starter pistol....  Thats a Replica gun which fires blanks. 

 

These are starter pistols. 

 

Are we going to see a knee-jerk reaction from Authorities banning first person shoot'em'up computer games ?????

3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

What are the reprocussions for the malls business?  Don't certain cultures avoid going to places where people have been killed? Ghosts, etc.

Belief in ghosts might be a strong motivator, but lust for the latest designer handbag will always be stronger.

31 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Are we going to see a knee-jerk reaction from Authorities banning first person shoot'em'up computer games ?????

He practiced at a well known military owned range in Bangkok where he may also have purchased ammunition and taken some home.  Should that range be closed too? 

Thailands tourism is in a gargantuan downturn and it is not coming back either.  

This isnt rocket science.  

For those that think this is nothing this is huge.  When tourists get killed by a random shooting it affects numbers pure and simple.  

In the meantime, I'll let the usual drivel come out of official news sources about how things are fine.

Come on  Thailand….not only is this ‘shooting’ appalling….

 

but, how ‘farang dong…!

 

is that all you know how to do….copy America…? Get a brain, show some imagination. Show some creativity. Why is everything you do ‘monkey see, monkey do’…?  Copy, copy, copy, and poorly at that. 
 

This is not only tragic, but will now open the floodgates to some other limited thinkers to follow suit. 
 

This is a cultural issue. The kid is just a ‘symptom’, but you are the problem.

Edited October 4, 20232 yr by tkramer

I’m sure the incident won’t have any effect at all 

Should be automatic detention of at least 2yrs no ifs or buts to anybody breaking the gun laws, having illegal guns/bullets, and registered guns carried in cars etc. or waved around, + further sentencing on the circumstances involved.

An isolated shooting incident by a mentally ill teen 'risks governmental stability'?  What rot.  Possibly a temporary blip on tourism but that's about it.

Won't affect tourism but might affect shopping. ????

Hold on a minute. I did not know there was any real government stability. Too many shifting interests, and too little regard for the will of the people.

 

If anything the shooting highlights the massive number of guns easily available here, and the the inability or unwillingness to control that. We all know alot of money is made by the soldiers and cops, who have access to alot of weapons, and act as gun brokers, no doubt. Dirty little secrets. Lock up those criminal heathens.

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

1 shooting makes international news ... and now it's an issue that needs discussing.

 

Good thing the other 2800 homicides by firearms didn't make the news ????

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

My home country needs to try harder, they're number 2.
Well, that could explain a lot.

7 minutes ago, Shetraveler said:

My home country needs to try harder, they're number 2.
Well, that could explain a lot.

Not sure, good or bad, but suicides outnumber homicides

sourcd

20 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

He practiced at a well known military owned range in Bangkok where he may also have purchased ammunition and taken some home.  Should that range be closed too? 

If it allowed a 14 year old, mentally ill child to shoot guns and steal ammo, then of course. 

On 10/4/2023 at 12:44 PM, bkk6060 said:

It is terrible and world wide news.

 

What are the reprocussions for the malls business?  Don't certain cultures avoid going to places where people have been killed? Ghosts, etc.

Yes, You are correct. Most certainly the mall business will be less for a short time. However, you can guarantee the mall will perform some type of buddhist ceremony to get any specters out of their mall... It will be well advertise as well to assure prospective consumers that they will not see any ghosts there. Haha.. silly but then i have seen it happen in a school where the elevator repairman fell into the shaft and died.. Within a month they closed half the school to perform their stupid rituals for this. 

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The Erawan Shrine bombing killed 22 innocent people and injured over 100 others in 2015 and the tourist numbers kept increasing until Covid hit. 

 

Same general area, too.

 

This event, tragic as it was, will be a flash in the pan.

 

Edited October 5, 20232 yr by impulse

Again a day has passed in Thailand and 50 people died in traffic and that every day !

Edited October 5, 20232 yr by xtrnuno41